Chapter Three: The Return to Goose Tower

  Li Fang turned his head, looking at Ling Jing's somewhat pale face, and smiled: "Young Master, you can't let Lu Houzi provoke you again in the future. Look at this time's drunkenness, it's suffering enough, right?"

  Ling Jing shook his head and smiled wryly. Actually, this time getting drunk had nothing to do with him, he was still playing games last night...

  But this smile of his was understood by the several fellow disciples beside him as a bitter smile after inviting trouble, and they comforted him with a few words before blaming Lu Da You again.

  Liáng Fā gave a glance at Lù Huò ér and said: "Lù Huò ér, do you know that our little Shī Dì is only 16 years old, two years younger than our little Shī Mèi? You yourself sneakily drink with Dà Shī Xiōng, but why must you also instigate our little Shī Dì to compete in drinking with Dà Shī Xiōng? Are you not aware that recently...

  At this point, he suddenly stopped talking, sighed and looked at Ling Jing with a hint of something difficult to say, hesitated for a moment, then continued: "In short, don't tease Xiao Shidi like that again in the future."

  Ling Jing was baffled by Liang Fa's gaze, wondering if he still had some conflict with Linghu Chong. But this body didn't have any memories of that sort at all.

  Lu Houzi, who was standing beside him, hastily grabbed Ling Jing's collar and said pitifully: "Little brother, you also know that Sixth Brother's mouth is unbridled, please don't tell Master and Mistress, as well as Little Sister."

  Listening to Lu Hou's words, Ling Jing originally wanted to laugh, but for some reason, a surge of sourness and resentment suddenly rose in his chest. The words that came out of his mouth suddenly changed: "Sixth Brother, don't worry, if I lose at drinking, it's my loss, no matter how uncomfortable I am, it's still my business, I haven't fallen to the point where I'd go tattle on you."

  After finishing speaking, he was stunned, wondering why he would say such a thing, what does it have to do with me?

  Lu Houer finally breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, his master and mistress were fine, at most they would just hit him with a board. But if Little Shifu knew about this matter, with her concern for Little Shidi, this matter would probably never end.

  Liang Fa and the three others shook their heads and sighed when they heard Ling Jing's tone, knowing that this little brother was still in a huff. However, they couldn't intervene in this matter. At this time, Liang Fa changed the subject: "Little brother said he didn't remember the date earlier, so I'll tell you, tomorrow is actually the day of Liu Zhengfeng Shifu's retirement ceremony."

  Ling Jing stood up and thought for a moment: "Tomorrow is Liu Zhengfeng's grand ceremony of washing his hands in gold, right? So according to the plot development, Yilin should have been hijacked by Tian Boguang on the road yesterday afternoon." He raised his head to look at the sun, it was still early, not yet noon, and he made up his mind, "In that case, Tian Boguang should be taking Yilin to Huiyan Building around this time, just don't know if Linghu Chong has arrived or not."

  According to the original plot, Tian Boguang should have taken Yilin hostage yesterday and brought her to a mountain cave at night, just as he was about to succeed. However, he encountered Linghu Chong who came to her rescue, and the two men fought in the dark. Yilin was scared away by Linghu Chong, while Tian Boguang himself was caught and seriously injured.

  On the second day, which is today, Yilin wandered alone on the street, worrying about Linghu Chong in her heart. Due to her absent-mindedness, she was caught by Tian Boguang and eventually taken into the Returning Goose Tower under his threat.

  He calmed down a bit and finally determined where he had completed the task. Now all he needed was an excuse to separate from his fellow disciples.

  At this time, Fifth Brother Gao Genming suddenly spoke up: "Since Little Brother has woken up, we should hurry to meet up with Second Brother and Little Sister. I wonder if they've arrived yet."

  Liang Fa, as the most senior fellow among them, nodded and beckoned everyone to hurry along.

  But Ling Jing stood still, his eyebrows deeply furrowed, he felt strange, although he didn't want to follow the few senior brothers to meet with Laodeno and the others, but why did he suddenly feel a surge of resistance in his heart after hearing Gao Genming's words, and it was so intense that he couldn't even control it, making him feel inexplicable.

  This is absolutely not what he meant, and it's not the first time this has happened either.

  After a few people took a few steps forward, they found that Ling Jing was still standing in the same place. At this time, Liang Fa turned his head and said: "Young Master, what's wrong?"

  Actually, Ling Jing couldn't explain what was wrong with him either, and could only force a smile, saying: "Several senior brothers, my body is still a bit uncomfortable, you all go and meet up with Second Senior Brother first, I'll find a place to rest for a while, and then look for you all later."

  Liáng Fā said with a thought, "Alright, it's better to prioritize your body, little brother. However, Master will definitely arrive here before dawn tomorrow. You should rest well for now, but also be careful not to miss the timing."

  Ling Jing slightly cupped his hands towards several of his fellow disciples and said: "Then I will take my leave from all of you here."

  ......

  Ling Jing parted ways with the crowd and couldn't hold back any longer, so he inquired about the location of Huiyan Building in Hengshan City and rushed over hastily.

  He can't help it either. This damn task has a 24-hour time limit, and the penalty for failure is directly erasing the host.

  He could only mutter a "shit" in his heart, and then he still had to do what he had to do.

  After arriving at Huiyan Building, he first swept his eyes around and found a strange combination on a wine table.

  A bald and charming nun and a man with a short sword at his waist, this combination in the wine tower looks strange no matter how you look at it, many guests are pointing and pointing at them.

  The little nun's face was bright red as she lowered her head, her hands clasped together, muttering to herself, but since they were too far away, Ling Jing could hardly make out what she was saying, probably some Buddhist scripture or something.

  As for the man who was drinking, his piercing eyes scanned the other drinkers. Whoever he looked at felt like they were being stared at by a wild wolf, and a chill ran down their spine. They didn't dare to look in his direction again.

  That man glanced around and the pointing and snickering sounds completely disappeared, only then did he let out a cold laugh. He turned his head again to look at the lovely little nun opposite him, suddenly bursting into loud laughter, downing the wine in his bowl in one gulp.

  However, Ling Jing's heart sank at this moment, and he casually chose a wine table not far away and sat down.

  From the original work of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he knew that Tian Boguang was a master. Otherwise, Linghu Chong would not have been beaten so badly by him at first, and in the end, he almost lost his life.

  It must be known that Lin Hu Chung is no ordinary person. He's the eldest disciple of Mount Hua Sect, and this is not something to be taken lightly.

  Taking one thing as an example, among the second-generation disciples of the Qingcheng Sect, there is a saying that "heroes and heroes, Qingcheng four outstanding", which refers to the four outstanding disciples trained by Yu Canghai in the Qingcheng Sect.

  However, it was these two among the Four Heroes, Hou Renying and Hong Renxiong, who were kicked down from the wine tower by Linghu Chong with a single kick. This led to the later infamous "Buttocks facing backwards, flat sand falling wild goose style" of Qingcheng Sect becoming a laughing stock in Jianghu.

  Linghu Chong had not yet learned any top-notch martial arts, but his actual strength was already considerable. Among the second-generation disciples of various sects, he was a standout, but even so, in front of Tian Boguang, he was basically powerless to defend himself. If it weren't for relying on cunning to gain an advantage over Tian Boguang, Yilin would have likely fallen into his clutches long ago.

  Especially now that Ling Jing has seen Tian Boguang in person, he feels even more that Tian Boguang is absolutely an existence on the same level as the top masters of each sect. Even if Ding Yitian or Yu Canghai came personally, they might not be able to take him down head-on.

  His face was bitter, and he shook his head helplessly: "I'm just a second-generation disciple, my skills aren't even comparable to Linghu Chong's, isn't this task asking for my life?"

  Linghu Chong's entry into the door was not much earlier than his, but Linghu Chong had already been practicing martial arts since he was seven or eight years old, and has continued to do so until now, so his strength is naturally not weak.

  But he himself was raised by the Yue Buqun couple from infancy, two years younger than Yue Lingxuan. Even if he started practicing martial arts at the age of six, his skills were still no match for Linghu Chong's profound abilities.

  He rubbed his forehead, feeling a slight headache, and was at a loss for this task, unable to start, "After all, it's still too weak."

  At this time, a pale-faced and blood-stained handsome young man suddenly walked up from downstairs. He came straight to Tian Boguang's table, sat down calmly, and then took the wine bowl in front of Yilin, drinking it all at once.

  "Good wine!"

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